Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Estonia

Methane emissions in Estonia in 2024 — 1.33 Mt. Ranked 47 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 82.9%.

2024 1.33 Mt −23.87% vs 2023
World rank 47of 199
Period maximum 3.87 Mt1987
Period minimum 0.73 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Estonia, 1850–202401234185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.73 Mt1853: 0.74 Mt1856: 0.75 Mt1859: 0.77 Mt1862: 0.78 Mt1865: 0.79 Mt1868: 0.8 Mt1871: 0.81 Mt1874: 0.82 Mt1877: 0.83 Mt1880: 0.85 Mt1883: 0.86 Mt1886: 0.87 Mt1889: 0.88 Mt1892: 0.9 Mt1895: 0.91 Mt1898: 0.93 Mt1901: 0.95 Mt1904: 0.96 Mt1907: 0.98 Mt1910: 0.99 Mt1913: 1.02 Mt1916: 1.04 Mt1919: 1.04 Mt1922: 1.09 Mt1925: 1.11 Mt1928: 1.15 Mt1931: 1.18 Mt1934: 1.25 Mt1937: 1.32 Mt1940: 1.4 Mt1943: 1.41 Mt1946: 1.54 Mt1949: 1.76 Mt1952: 1.99 Mt1955: 2.23 Mt1958: 2.46 Mt1961: 2.63 Mt1964: 2.92 Mt1967: 3.31 Mt1970: 3.39 Mt1973: 3.59 Mt1976: 3.69 Mt1979: 3.74 Mt1982: 3.77 Mt1985: 3.86 Mt1988: 3.82 Mt1991: 3.63 Mt1994: 2.93 Mt1997: 2.73 Mt2000: 2.71 Mt2003: 2.49 Mt2006: 2.13 Mt2009: 2.44 Mt2012: 2.73 Mt2015: 2.73 Mt2018: 2.97 Mt2021: 1.79 Mt2024: 1.33 Mt
Change over the period: +0.6 (+82.94%) Average annual rate: 0.35 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Estonia

Estonia 1.33 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Northern Europe computed 100.47 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 1.33 −0.42 −23.87%
2023 1.75 −0.03 −1.52%
2022 1.77 −0.01 −0.62%
2021 1.79 +0.03 +1.77%
2020 1.75 −1.09 −38.26%
2019 2.84 −0.13 −4.44%
2018 2.97 +0.19 +6.64%
2017 2.79 +0.13 +4.73%
2016 2.66 −0.06 −2.31%
2015 2.73 −0 −0.11%
2014 2.73 +0.12 +4.64%
2013 2.61 −0.12 −4.51%
2012 2.73 +0.05 +1.79%
2011 2.68 +0.04 +1.71%
2010 2.64 +0.2 +8.16%
2009 2.44 −0.08 −3.18%
2008 2.52 +0.22 +9.57%
2007 2.3 +0.17 +7.79%
2006 2.13 −0.28 −11.54%
2005 2.41 −0.1 −4.06%
2004 2.51 +0.02 +0.84%
2003 2.49 +0.09 +3.83%
2002 2.4 −0.14 −5.59%
2001 2.54 −0.17 −6.17%
2000 2.71 −0.02 −0.7%
1999 2.73 +0.03 +1.04%
1998 2.7 −0.03 −0.95%
1997 2.73 −0.11 −3.88%
1996 2.84 +0 +0%
1995 2.84 −0.09 −3.08%
1994 2.93 −0.22 −7.05%
1993 3.15 −0.32 −9.13%
1992 3.46 −0.17 −4.63%
1991 3.63 −0.06 −1.55%
1990 3.69 −0.13 −3.46%
1989 3.82 +0 +0.13%
1988 3.82 −0.05 −1.37%
1987 3.87 +0.02 +0.55%
1986 3.85 −0.02 −0.41%
1985 3.86 +0.02 +0.49%
1984 3.84 +0.03 +0.81%
1983 3.81 +0.04 +1.06%
1982 3.77 +0.01 +0.21%
1981 3.77 −0 −0.03%
1980 3.77 +0.03 +0.78%
1979 3.74 +0.02 +0.67%
1978 3.71 +0.02 +0.57%
1977 3.69 +0 +0.05%
1976 3.69 +0.02 +0.46%
1975 3.67 +0.04 +0.96%
1974 3.64 +0.05 +1.39%
1973 3.59 +0.03 +0.87%
1972 3.56 +0.06 +1.6%
1971 3.5 +0.11 +3.21%
1970 3.39 −0.06 −1.68%
1969 3.45 +0.06 +1.89%
1968 3.39 +0.08 +2.3%
1967 3.31 +0.13 +4.06%
1966 3.18 +0.16 +5.33%
1965 3.02 +0.1 +3.25%
1964 2.92 +0.01 +0.38%
1963 2.91 +0.13 +4.78%
1962 2.78 +0.15 +5.58%
1961 2.63 +0.02 +0.84%
1960 2.61 +0.07 +2.92%
1959 2.54 +0.07 +2.96%
1958 2.46 +0.07 +3.05%
1957 2.39 +0.08 +3.46%
1956 2.31 +0.08 +3.54%
1955 2.23 +0.09 +4.1%
1954 2.14 +0.08 +3.88%
1953 2.06 +0.07 +3.51%
1952 1.99 +0.07 +3.85%
1951 1.92 +0.08 +4.23%
1950 1.84 +0.08 +4.48%
1949 1.76 +0.08 +4.75%
1948 1.68 +0.06 +3.63%
1947 1.62 +0.08 +5.39%
1946 1.54 +0.07 +4.55%
1945 1.47 +0.07 +5.21%
1944 1.4 −0.01 −0.64%
1943 1.41 +0.06 +4.75%
1942 1.35 −0.05 −3.3%
1941 1.39 −0.01 −0.78%
1940 1.4 +0.04 +3.31%
1939 1.36 +0.02 +1.19%
1938 1.34 +0.02 +1.67%
1937 1.32 +0.02 +1.23%
1936 1.3 +0.04 +2.76%
1935 1.27 +0.02 +1.76%
1934 1.25 +0.03 +2.13%
1933 1.22 +0.02 +1.41%
1932 1.2 +0.02 +1.69%
1931 1.18 +0.01 +1.28%
1930 1.17 +0.02 +1.3%
1929 1.15 +0.01 +0.52%
1928 1.15 +0.01 +0.97%
1927 1.14 +0.01 +1.16%
1926 1.12 +0.02 +1.54%
1925 1.11 +0 +0.45%
1924 1.1 +0.01 +0.82%
1923 1.09 +0.01 +0.64%
1922 1.09 +0.02 +1.78%
1921 1.07 +0.02 +1.52%
1920 1.05 +0.01 +1.25%
1919 1.04 +0.01 +0.78%
1918 1.03 −0.01 −1.25%
1917 1.04 +0.01 +0.77%
1916 1.04 +0.01 +1.27%
1915 1.02 +0 +0%
1914 1.02 −0 −0.1%
1913 1.02 +0.01 +1.19%
1912 1.01 +0.01 +1.3%
1911 1 +0.01 +0.81%
1910 0.99 +0 +0.2%
1909 0.99 +0.01 +0.61%
1908 0.98 +0 +0.31%
1907 0.98 +0.01 +0.93%
1906 0.97 +0.01 +0.73%
1905 0.96 +0 +0.31%
1904 0.96 +0.01 +0.84%
1903 0.95 +0 +0.42%
1902 0.95 +0 +0.32%
1901 0.95 +0 +0.21%
1900 0.94 +0.01 +0.75%
1899 0.94 +0.01 +0.97%
1898 0.93 +0.01 +0.65%
1897 0.92 +0.01 +0.66%
1896 0.92 +0 +0.44%
1895 0.91 +0 +0.44%
1894 0.91 +0.01 +0.55%
1893 0.9 +0.01 +0.67%
1892 0.9 +0 +0.45%
1891 0.89 +0.01 +0.56%
1890 0.89 +0.01 +0.57%
1889 0.88 +0 +0.46%
1888 0.88 +0 +0.46%
1887 0.87 +0 +0.34%
1886 0.87 +0 +0.35%
1885 0.87 +0 +0.46%
1884 0.86 +0 +0.35%
1883 0.86 +0.01 +0.58%
1882 0.86 +0 +0.47%
1881 0.85 +0 +0.35%
1880 0.85 +0.01 +0.59%
1879 0.84 +0 +0.48%
1878 0.84 +0.01 +0.72%
1877 0.83 +0 +0.36%
1876 0.83 +0.01 +0.61%
1875 0.83 +0 +0.49%
1874 0.82 +0 +0.49%
1873 0.82 +0 +0.37%
1872 0.82 +0 +0.49%
1871 0.81 +0 +0.5%
1870 0.81 +0 +0.5%
1869 0.8 +0 +0.5%
1868 0.8 +0 +0.25%
1867 0.8 +0 +0.5%
1866 0.79 +0.01 +0.63%
1865 0.79 +0 +0.38%
1864 0.79 +0 +0.38%
1863 0.78 +0 +0.39%
1862 0.78 +0 +0.52%
1861 0.78 +0 +0.39%
1860 0.77 +0.01 +0.65%
1859 0.77 +0 +0.52%
1858 0.76 +0.01 +0.66%
1857 0.76 +0.01 +0.66%
1856 0.75 +0 +0.53%
1855 0.75 +0.01 +0.67%
1854 0.74 +0 +0.54%
1853 0.74 +0 +0.54%
1852 0.74 +0.01 +0.68%
1851 0.73 +0 +0.55%
1850 0.73

About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.